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McCarthyism Fear Of The Red Menace And The Cold War

Pages: 1 (336 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:response paper Document #:76945842

Cold War’s Impact on american Life
As John David Skrentny points out, the Cold War helped to remove some of the obstacles that prevented African american from obtaining their civil rights in the 20th century. The Communists of the Soviet Union used american racism as a cudgel with which to browbeat America for its hypocritical values and so-called freedom. America was essentially forced to respond by … to respond by adopting a more liberal stance towards equal rights and to pursue a policy and culture of desegregation.
Middle class white american were shaped by the Cold War in other ways: rather than open up for them an avenue of social advancement as it did … by the Cold War in other ways: rather than open up for them an avenue of social advancement as it did for African american, many middle class white american became fearful and paranoid about the……

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Kennedy, John F. “Speech, 22 October 1962.” https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html

Skrentny, John David. "The effect of the Cold War on African-American civil rights: America and the world audience, 1945-1968." Theory and Society 27.2 (1998): 237-285.

 

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Effect Of War Of 1812

Pages: 1 (356 words) Sources: 1 Document Type:Essay Document #:75226323

… of 1812 were found in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe between the French and the British Empires. One of the biggest offenses to american sensibilities at the time was the fact of British impressments—i.e., of Britain forcing american to join the Royal Navy to fight Napoleon. american had already won their independence from Britain and viewed impressment as dishonorable and unlawful. Impressment was lawful in Britain during war time—but America … The British needed men to work their ships in the Navy as the war against Napoleon was quite large—so the British were using american and pressing them into service. Another issue or cause of the War of 1812 was the use of economic sanctions by both the … Treaty of Ghent had shown that the war had been essentially fought for no good reason at all (Dwight, 1833).
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Dwight, T. (1833). history of the Hartford Convention: With a……

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Dwight, T. (1833). History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of

the United States Government Which Led to the War of 1812. New York; Boston: N. & J. White; Russell, Odiorne, & Company.

 

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1960s Cold War

Pages: 2 (725 words) Sources: 3 Document Type:Essay Document #:32710214

...History american Conceptions of the Cold War
The Cold War was the time period following the end of World War II, when the world was basically divided between Communism on the one hand and Capitalism on the other. The West favored Capitalism and the East favored Communism. The U.S. was the main power in the West and Soviet Russia was the main power in the East. The economic approaches of the two powers were only part of the story, however; this was also a war for hegemony. The U.S. wanted to influence the world order just as much as the Soviets did. Each tried to spread their influence—the U.S. throughout Europe via the Marshall Plan (Hogan & Hogan, 1989); the Soviets throughout Asia and Latin America through subsidization of Communist takeovers. The scare of Communism taking over in the U.S. was evident: McCarthyism was the result of this scare, but the assassination……

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Hogan, M. J. & Hogan, M. (1989). The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the

Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952. Cambridge University Press.

Stone, O. & Kuznick, P. (2012). The untold history of the United States. NY: Gallery.

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Baby Boom Soviet Launch Of Sputnik Into Space And Assassination Of

Pages: 1 (318 words) Document Type:Essay Document #:14294424


Sputnik was the Soviets’ first satellite into space—launched into orbit in 1957. Sputnik II followed one month later, and the Space Race began. american feared the Soviets would control space and be able to fire missiles at the U.S. from space. Thus, it became imperative that the ……

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1864 And Grant S Union Military Strategy

Pages: 2 (729 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:Essay Document #:37058466

… to critical supplies like food and armaments; Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of slaves in the Confederate states, which resulted in a flood of freed African-american to the Union side, was an example of how his political support could act as a……

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Brooks, R. (2017). What were the major strategies of the Civil War? Civil War Saga. Retrieved from:  http://civilwarsaga.com/civil-war-strategies/ 

Pearlman, M. (2016). Union at risk: How Lincoln and Grant nearly lost the war in 1864. Civil War Times. Retrieved from: https://www.historynet.com/the-union-at-risk-how-lincoln-and-grant-nearly-lost-the-war- in-1864.htm

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US Marshals In Civil Rights Era

Pages: 5 (1551 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:Essay Document #:90084071

The history of US Marshals in Civil Rights Era
The american society was polarized with the African american having a lower edge of protection as opposed to the white majority. The state vowed to protect them against harm but in doing … so, formulated a federal agency to carry it out swiftly. U.S. marshals are held in high regard in society since they serve the american people. During slavery, a federal agency was formed through a Judiciary act in the constitution to help handle fugitives. Policing America was necessary … agency was formed through a Judiciary act in the constitution to help handle fugitives. Policing America was necessary post-segregation era since the African american needed protection against harm, discrimination, and criminalization. The U.S. marshals provided security for them, fulfilling their duty of call to the american people.
The first Congress created the U.S. Marshals under President George Washington. The president……

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Larry K. Gaines, V. E. (2014). Policing in America. New York: Routledge.

Skocpol, T. (1999). Advocates without Members: the recent transformation of American civic life. In T. Skocpol, Civic Engagement in American Democracy (pp. 461-480). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

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The Piano Lesson By August Wilson

Pages: 2 (648 words) Sources: 1 Document Type:Essay Document #:41641393

Prompt 2: The Piano Lesson and the Blues
The blues is described as a uniquely African american musical tradition, combining folk music, traditional work songs once sun by slaves, jazz, and other musical traditions to describe both personal suffering and … music, traditional work songs once sun by slaves, jazz, and other musical traditions to describe both personal suffering and to create an oral history of all individuals who have sung it. In August Wilson’s 1986 play The Piano Lesson, an heirloom piano comes to embody the blues … piano into money, as Boy Willie wishes to do, or to save it, becomes symbolic of the role of the blues in African american history and society. The blues, like the piano itself, is problematic because of its ties to the history of slavery, but it cannot be nor should not be eradicated, given the loss this will create for the……

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Wilson, August. The Piano Lesson. Turtleback Books, 1990.

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Traditional Medicine Usage In African Nations

Pages: 12 (3615 words) Sources: 30 Document Type:Essay Document #:38085332

Overview of Africa’s Post-Conflict history
Historical Formal Institutions
Colonial legacies persist in Africa in spite of a post-colonial era (Austin, 2010). These legacies have continued in post-conflict Africa’s …
Historical Formal Institutions
Colonial legacies persist in Africa in spite of a post-colonial era (Austin, 2010). These legacies have continued in post-conflict Africa’s history. In Africa, there has been no real unifying factor bringing individuals together, primarily because of the communal aspect of society throughout the continent. … Federal Ministry of Health, which was overseen by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, a formal institution that has been modeled on the american CDC. An Ebola emergency was declared in Nigeria immediately and no time was lost in politicizing the matter or wondering what to do. ……

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Afro-centric Alliance, A. (2001). Indigenisingorganizational change: Localisation in Tanzania and Malawi. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(1), 59-78.

Asiseh, F., Owusu, A., & Quaicoe, O. (2017). An analysis of family dynamics on high school adolescent risky behaviors in Ghana. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(5), 425-431.

Austin, G. (2010). African economic development and colonial legacies (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-32). Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement.

Brager, G., Specht, H., Torczyner, J. L., &Torczyner, J. (1987). Community organizing. Columbia University Press.

Bratton, M., & Van de Walle, N. (1997). Democratic experiments in Africa: Regime transitions in comparative perspective. Cambridge university press.

Burnham, G. M., Pariyo, G., Galiwango, E., & Wabwire-Mangen, F. (2004). Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82, 187-195.

Dillard, C., Duncan, K. L., & Johnson, L. (2017). Black History Full Circle: Lessons from a Ghana Study Abroad in Education Program. Social Education, 81(1), 50-53.

Ehui, S. (2020). Protecting food security in Africa. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/05/14/protecting-food-security-in-africa-during-covid-19/

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Blacks And The Reconstruction

Pages: 3 (982 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Term Paper Document #:31905866

… Douglass had hoped to see Yankee law prevail. Reconstruction floundered and racism persisted. This paper will show how the goals of Reconstruction regarding African-american were not achieved by 1900 because of a failure of the federal government to oversee effectively the Era of Reconstruction and to eradicate … became known as the Great Migration, as whole families of freed blacks flocked north to the cities to find work and shelter. African american found themselves unwanted everywhere they went.
In conclusion, Reconstruction failed to achieve its goals because nothing was done to reduce the animosity that ……

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A&E. “Carpetbaggers and Scalawags.” History, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/carpetbaggers-and-scalawags

Douglass, Frederick. “Reconstruction.” The Atlantic, 1866.  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1866/12/reconstruction/304561/ 

Guelzo, Allen. Reconstruction Didn\\\\'t Fail. It Was Overthrown. Time, 2018.  http://time.com/5256940/reconstruction-failure-excerpt/ 

McBride, Alex. “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Thirteen, 2007.  https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_plessy.html 

Johnson, Andrew. “A Proclamation.” Digital History, 1865.  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section4/section4_pardon1.html 

Lincoln, Abraham. Second Inaugural Address, 1865. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln2.asp

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Angleton S Counterintelligence Program And What Went Wrong

Pages: 9 (2657 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:36485484

… enterprise collaborate more effectively with the private sector in the future.
Introduction
Intelligence and counterintelligence operations have always been a part of the american Republic (Federation of american Scientists 1996). General Washington was aware of the threat of foreign espionage and the need to counter it (Wettering 2000, 165). The need ……

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Bailey, Christopher and Susan M. Galich. “Codes of Ethics: The Intelligence Community.” International Journal of Intelligence Ethics 35.2 (2012), 77-99.

Bartos, C. and P. Wehr. 2002. Using conflict theory. UK: University of Cambridge.

Bellaby, Ross. "What's the Harm? The Ethics of Intelligence Collection." Intelligence and National Security 27, no. 1 (2012): 93-117.

Church Committee. “Final report of the Select committee to study governmental operations With respect to Intelligence activities United states senate Together with Additional, supplemental, and separate Views.” Intelligence.senate.gov, 1976. https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_I.pdf

Coyne, John, Peter Bell, and Shannon Merrington. "Exploring ethics in intelligence and the role of leadership." Interntional Journal of Business and Commerce 2, no. 10 (2013): 27-37.

Erskine, Toni. "'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering." Intelligence & National Security 19, no. 2 (2004): 359-381.

Nakashima, Ellen. “Top counterintelligence official challenges the private sector to step up defenses against foreign spying.” Washington Post, 2020.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/top-counterintelligence-official-challenges-the-private-sector-to-step-up-defenses-against-foreign-spying/2020/02/10/d842d83c-4c15-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html 

Pfaff, T., & Tiel, J. R. (2004). The ethics of espionage. Journal of Military Ethics, 3(1), 1-15.

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